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Industrial Age
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• Strand 2: Technology: Key advances and innovations for each decade
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• Strand 3: Work: Business and corporate philosophies by decade
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• Strand 5: Society and culture: Events that determined the thinking of each decade
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• Strand 6: Religion: How we worship and pray
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• Strand 4: Education: Important theories of learning and instruction by decade
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Timeline
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The Flyer
December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers flew the first powered airplane with controlled and sustained flight; they called the plane the Flyer. (Credit: NASA). The U.S. government initiated mass manufacturing of airplanes, which they saw as powerful weapons and reconnaissance vehicles.
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The Assembly Line
Henry Ford organized the first U.S. assembly line in 1913.
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First Transcontinental Telephone Call
AT & T made the first transcontinental telephone call after stretching telephone lines across the country.
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The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
Dr. John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert built the world's first computer called ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). The computer was built to support the war efforts. The U.S. military required machines that could calculate equations at high speeds with accuracy for warfare. http://www.fi.edu/learn/case-files/eckertmauchly/ -
Information Age
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Strand 1:Tofflers Wave Theory
